Henry wren rowland



No. 626,568. Patented June 6, I899. H. W. ROWLAND &. W. H. HARRISON.

SHIPPING CAN on PACKAGE.

(Application filed Sept. 3, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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HENRY VREN ROlVLAND, OF CROSBY, AND \VILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, OF AUGHTON,ENGLAND.

SHIPPING CAN OR PACKAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,568, dated June 6,1899.

Application filed September 3, 1898. Serial No. 690,204. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY VREN ROW- LAND, residing in Crosby, andWILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, residing at Aughton, in the county of Lancaster,England, subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Shipping Cans or Packages, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of this invention is to give to the tins containing fruitsand vegetables or other foods the advantages of glass bottles or jarsnamely, the better appearance of the packages and the indication,apparently through the glass and without looking at the wording of thelabels, of the character of the goods contained in the tins. For thispurpose we cause glazed labels of such size and form as to cover allaround the side of the tin to be printed in colors, with arepresentation of the goods as they would appear if packed in a glassjar, and at the lower part of the label we shade and color the same asomewhat greenish tint, so that when the label is applied to the tin ithas the appearance of the glass bottom of a jar. Along the upper part ofthe label we shade and color the same so as to appear like the rim of aglass or other desired cover or, preferably, like the edge of avegetable parchment cover tied by string or cord around the top of ajar. This gives the effect to the eye of a glass jar or package throughwhich the contents can be seen as they appear in said package or jar,and not only enables the purchaser and dealer to know the contents ofthe can and the character of the goods without reading the wordingprinted on the top of the can, but also gives a very attractive andfinished appearance to the can. If desired, the parchment or paper covermay be left unvarnished or very slightly glazed; but the whole of thelabel where glass is to be represented is very highly glazed. The top ofthe tin is provided with a white or other paper label or is colored torepresent the top of the jarcover. The result of this invention is anunbreakable tin package having the ornamental appearance of a glass jarcontaining the fruit, dzc. by which one can tell the contents thereof ata glance.

If desired, an uncolored space or spaces can be left on the label torepresent a label or labels hearing (or without) a trade-mark.

The application of this invention to a tin containing preserved apricotsis illustrated on the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 shows a label prepared as above described before application,and Fig. 2 shows a tin completed.

On Fig. 1 (t represents the fruit contained, a the bottom of a glassjar, and (1, the upper part, which in this case has the appearance of avegetable parchment or similar cover tied on with string or cord.

The effect of the application shown at Fig. 2 requires no furtherexplanation. The cover I) is represented by a piece of paper or the likeapplied to the top of the tin preferably before the label is fixedaround the side thereof. This paper or the like would be colored ormarked to represent the top of that kind of cover or lid which might beadopted.

In producing our improved package the following method is employed: Theartist takes as a model anactual transparent circular glass jar filledwith the fruit or other article and covered with Vegetable parchmenttied around by string. He makes an exact drawing of the circular sidesof this model, but with this important exception: that the drawing ismade as if the iar were a fiat plane without having any regard to theeffects of foreshortening due to part of the circular sides of the jarand its contents being viewed obliquely or to the effects of light andshade due to the overlapping pieces of fruit or the glossy surface ofthe glass. The drawing is then transferred to the stones andchromolithographed in the usual manner, and in or der to give the labela glassy appearance it is varnished with two or three coats of varnish.The labels thus far have not acquired the appearance of a filled glassjar. To give them this effect, they are applied to a circular can allaround the sides, as shown in the drawings, and will then impart to thepackage,

which is opaque, the appearance of being transparent and disclosing thegoods contained in the can, the curvature of the sides of the can towhich the labels are applied producing the eifects of foreshortening,while the glassy surface of the label will heighten the efiects of lightand shade peculiar to a glass jar. The desired effect is only producedif the labels be applied to the sides of circular cans.

Having now described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is 1. As an improved article of manufacture, atin package covered all around with a paper label, on the main part ofwhich is depicted the kind of goods and the manner in which theyapproximately appear in the can, the lower part of the label beingcolored and shaded to represent the bottom of a glass jar and the upperpart of the label beingcolored and designed to represent a parchment orpa per cover tied around by a string, the whole label beinghighly glazedexcept the part made to represent the paper cover, which latter is leftunglazed, substantially as described.

2. As an improved article of manufacture,

a cylindrical non-transparent, non-breakable package covered all aroundwith a highlyglazed label which has depicted upon it the kind of goodsand the manner in which they approximately appear in the package, and

